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smother

Definition of smother (English)

noun

  1. a confused multitude of things
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  2. a stifling cloud of smoke
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  3. Stifling smoke; thick dust.
    sumber: webster1913
  4. That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things.
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verb

  1. envelop completely
    • smother the meat in gravy
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  2. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
    • Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
    • The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
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  3. conceal or hide
    • smother a yawn
    • muffle one's anger
    • strangle a yawn
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  4. form an impenetrable cover over
    • the butter cream smothered the cake
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  5. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
    • smother fires
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  6. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.
    sumber: webster1913
  7. To be suffocated or stifled.
    sumber: webster1913